Could you please help me get rid of it? My situation
I really need your suggestions, news, links, and so me break this dependence on computer please. I lived with the computer since its inception, and I have been too long in this small world and bytes. I have almost no problem with my family and / or social issues (perhaps), but certainly I have problems with myself. I realize that my addiction to the computer and the Internet has seized large values of my life. Please do not assume that I'm addicted to games, gaming, chat, or online sexual entertainment. I think I really had more computers and the Internet, I got answers to my quest in life: the history, languages, hobbies, skills enhancement of health and others discover, but I realized that at the end, I just do not recognize myself. I knew that before the arrival of the PC, I was a simple man with a romantic and artistic spirit within, and then later I changed to such a robot, to be precise: a slave to technology. The Internet has made me more connected to the computer, at first it gave me the news of the world, wonderful things in it in the clicks and so on, but I was drowning in deep pond information.
The cost and loss
Having knowledge of computer hardware I always update my gear. It made me spend huge cost just to satisfy my thirst on this day. My room is full of old gear, gadgets, and things in shops online. My PC and laptop computers are full of MP3 files, PDF, and many things at once downloaded free and paid. I also spent many external / portable hard drives for backup and travel. I do not want to showoff, I just tell you how he was ill from time to time for about 20 years. I sometimes think about the time lost to repair my gear, updating my software, navigation, and how many books I have not read it completely.
There was a pause
Once in two consecutive months last year, I spent my time with my son playing Tamiya, small racing cars of small tracks. It was wonderful that it made me completely forget my computers. We were mostly together for the race, modification, settlement of the son for tiny motors, etc. My wife was so surprised that the toys have turned me away from the PC. It ended because of the rainy season coming to us is packaged and canned tracks and cars, and I just returned to the old routine.
In search of healing
I remember a precious sentence: Two kinds of people who have lost, they are seeking wealth and knowledge. This phrase is sometimes wake up to me, but bad habit is dependency and I found myself always returned in this way. I think it is similar to addiction. As the internet is an inexhaustible resource, I look through it to cure, and I found some articles about it and tried to implement, but has always struggled to free myself of my habit. I really hope that, finally, I found this forum, especially from you.
Your help, Please
I know some of you know to manage certain types of dependence, or perhaps you've cured the same situation. Whether you have some psychological, spiritual expertise, certain medications, or exercises, please share your advice, I greatly need. I do not want to clog the rest of my life in this digital world. There must be someone else in pain as the same thing, like your suggestion will be very valuable and it will save a few lives. Thank you very much for sparing your time reading this long note. May God bless you.
PS
I post this in Computers and Internet, health and social sciences with an interval of time, hoping more of net inflows.
Please do not waste your time to put words unpleasant or useless, believe it will not only be read by me, but also by readers and other colleagues. If you're not in the same situation with me, you have perhaps the advantage of knowing the answers. .
Posted on January 3, 2010.
